Tractor



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TRACTOR Filed Oct. 16, 1929 a Sheets-Sheet 6 j g Z1 m N4 T 1 lmmmma'mr. WIN" ullnes A WM, fiwlwlm Patented Nov. 7, 1933 UNITED STATES TRACTOR Theophilus Brown and Linwood A. Murray, Mo-

line, 111., assignors to Deere & Company, Molin Ill., a corporation of Illinois Application October 16,

5 Claims.

The present invention relates to tractors and has as itsgeneral object to provide ,an improved tractor adapted primarily for propelling farm implements and characterized by improved means whereby the power of the tractor engine can be utilized to perform secondary operations at the implement in addition to the primary operation of propelling the same.

With the continued advance in power farming and the desire to perform practically every implement operation with but one operator, there has been an increasing demand for tractors which can perform a wide variety of secondary duties in addition to propelling the implement. For example, it is of great advantage in corn picking implements to be able to drive the corn picking and husking mechanisms directly from the power plant of the tractor; and to be able to drive in the same manner the seed selecting mechanisms of planters, the beater mechanism and feeding apron of manure spreaders, etc.

Moreover, in the performance of intermittent operations, such as the lifting of the soil engaging elements of plows, harrows and cultivators, the actuation of bundle carriers on binders, etc., it is of great advantage to be able to perform these operations by power derived directly from the tractor engine.

Such power driving arrangement enables all of these'secondary operations to be under the im--v mediate control of the operator on the tractor so that there is no necessity of a second operator on the implement. Such also avoids the necessity of relying upon the traction power of the implement wheels, which is often inadequate in 1 soft ground and susceptible of irregularoperation. Moreover, the implements can be made lighter and less expensive than where traction driven .operating mechanism must be built into the same. With the above in view, it is one of the objects of the invention to providea tractor having improved means for establishing a continuously rotating or an intermittently operating power transmitting connection with an implement being propelled by the tractor. In regard to the intermittently operating connection, it is a more specific object to provide the same in the form of a crank mounted directly on. the tractor so that power lift operations and the like can be transmitted directly from this crank to the implement through a rod. which is either pushed or pulled by the throw of the crank.

In connection with this crank, it is a further object to provide an improved form of half revo- 1929. Serial No. 399,980

lution or one-cycle stop clutch to control the transmission of power from the tractor engine to the crank, which clutch can be quickly and easily engaged and which automatically disengag'es at the completion of the crank movement so that the operators attention is not distracted from the guidance of the'tractor.

A further object is to provide a'power takeoff mechanism from which the continuously rotating power or the above described intermittentg5 ly operating crank power can be transmitted to an implement disposed either at the front end of the tractor or at the rear end thereof. Multiple row tractor cultivators are typical of implements which are now commonly disposed at the front 7 end of the tractor.

Another object of the invention is to provide a power take-ofi mechanism constructed in the form of a compact unit which can be readily mounted on the exterior of the tractor and which can be operatively connected interiorly thereof with the selective speed transmission mechanism or one of the other engine driven parts, without necessitating any changes in the design of the tractor,

Still another object is to provide a construction in which the automatic clutch and the power take-off crank driven thereby are driven through worm gearing which affords the desired torque increase and properspeed of rotation for this crank; and in which this worm gearing, the automatic clutch, and the shaft which transmits continuous rotary take-off power, are so related and constructed that the entire assembly is of very small dimension and of simple and inexpensive construction.

Another object is to provide a construction of power takeeoff mechanism, in association with certain driving parts on the tractor, which will enable the farmer to buy all or part of the take-off mechanism and to install the same on the tractor without requiring expert assistance. That is to say, if after the farmer has purchased the tractor he should have occasion to drive some implement part requiring substantially continuous rotary motion for its operation, he mayybuy only that much of the power take-off device as includes the longitudinally extending shaft for transmitting rotary motion. If at a later date he should acquire an implement involving a power lift operation or some like intermittent motion hemay then buy the remainder of the power take-off device including the halfarevolution clutch and power lift crank. These different-sections can be readily mounted on the tractor without cc of the tractor design and with= out requiring any expert shill.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in the following detail description of a preferred embodiment thereof.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating such embodiment:-

Fig. l is a side view of the present tractor, with the near traction wheel removed, illustrating the general location of the power take-oil mocha with respect to 112i? erent parts of the tractor con= struction;

Fig. 1A is a fragmentary plan view of the power take-ofi side of the tractor;

Fig. 2 is a side view on a larger scale showing the mounting of the power take-mechanism on the transmission housing of the tractor, and with the adjacent side wall of this housing broken away to illustrate the relation of the transmis= sion gearing therein;

Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view through this transmission housing and the power take-01f, mechanism, talrcn on the plane of the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; I

Fig. l is a vertical sectional view through the power take-0d mechanism, taken on the plane of the line M of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a in. sectional view taken approximately on the plane of the line 5-5 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 6 is a view or to Fig. 5, showing the clutch pawl released and the clutch rotating;

. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of one side of the driven clutch plate showing the mounting of the dogs thereon;

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the other side of this clutch plate, showing the arrangement of the clutching rollers; y

9 is a horizontal sectional view taken approximately on 'the plane of the line 9-9 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 1c is a similar sectional view taken approxitely on the plane of the line 10-10 of Fig. 2;

Fig. .11 is a vertical sectional view illustrating the mounting of the clutch tripping lever in the power take-odhousing; and

Fig. 12 is a perspective view of this clutch tripping lever.

Referring to Figs. 1 and in, in the form of tractor shown,the front end of the frame is suppomd on steering wheels 16 and the rear end on traction wheels 17. The steering wheels 16 I may be disposed relatively far apartand have uckle pin mounting on the front axle, or these wheels may be disposed relatively close together and mounted directly on a swiveling axle swinglug horizontally under the frame.

The motor, indicated generally at 18, is shown 4 as being of the horizontal type with its crank shaft 19 extending transversely of the tractor,

. although the invention is not essentially limited to the use of this type of motor.

The radiator 22]. is disposed-at the front end of the motor cylinders, and the fuel tank 22 extends rear- ,wardly from this radiator over the cylinders. v

The crank case 23 of the motor (Fig. 2) com prises an integral part of a long housing 24 extending back to the driving mechanism for the rear wheels, this ho and the motor cylinders constituting the frame of the tractor. The crank shaft 19 has its ends extending outwardly ugh hearings in the side walls of the cram. case 23, and mounted on one endof said shaft a fly wheel 25 and on the other end thereof a clutch 26 (Fig. 2). The clutch 26 controls the greases -oili from the crank case by a transverse partition wall 31. The large gear 28 is secured upon the end of a transverse shaft 32 mounted in bearings 33 (Fig. 3) in the side walls of the housing 24. Splined for sliding movement on said shaft is a series of transmission gears 34, 35 and 36 which are adapted to be shifted into and out of mesh with large driving gears 37 and 38.

One of the aforesaid shiftable gears is also adapted to be moved into and out of mesh with a reversing gear unit 39 which is mounted for lg rotation on a countershaft 41 disposed below and parallel to the main transmission shaft 32. The shiitable gears 34-36 are moved into and out of their different driving positions through suitable shifting forks 42 mounted on a transverse shaft 43 in the upper part of the housing. The two large driving gears 37 and 38 transmit the engine power through a nest of difierential gearing indicated generally at 44 (Fig. 2) to a pair of sprocket wheels mounted concentrically with said driving gears. Said sprocket wheels transmit the drive through chains to sprocket wheels mounted on stub axles to which the rear traction wheels 17 are secured. In the preferred construction shown, the jack shaft, which is disposed axially of the gears 37, 38 and carries the driving sprocket wheels, is extended out from the main housing 24: through tubular housing extensions and has sthe driving sprocket wheels secured to its ends in chain hous= lugs 47 extending down to the axes of the traction wheels; although, if desired, these driving chains may be enclosed within the main housing 24, in which case the stub axles of the rear traction wheels will have bearing support in the side walls of this main housing. The operator's position on the tractor is indicated generally by the .seat 51 at the rear of the tractor, from which tive speed transmission mechanism 29 are performed.

The general arrangement and operation of the clutch 26 and the selectivespeed transmissionmechanism 29, and one method of transmitting the drive from this latter mechanism to the rear main transmission shaft 32 is driven fromthe'm,

motor 18 through the clutch 26 by which the rotation of the shaft 32 can be stopped and started,

but that this shaft can rotate independently of motion of the tractor by placing the selective speed gears in neutral. As disclosed in the above mentioned Witry patent, the complete disengagement of the clutch 26 is also efiective to apply bral-ring retardation to the rotation of the shaft 32. In transmitting take-oil power to the implement, we preferably derive this power from the shaft 32. Referring to Fig. 3,, a spur gear 53 is mounted for sliding movement along the splines of the t 32, this gear having a grooved hub 15G is a bearing bushing n which is 54 in which a shifting fork 55 engages. Said fork is secured to a shaft 56 extending transversely out through the side wall of the housing 24. Any suitable arrangement of actuating parts extends from this shaft 56 to a suitable operating member preferably located adjacent to the drivers seat 51, and through which the gear 53 can be shifted into and out of the dotted line position shown in Fig. 3.

When in such dotted line position, this gear meshes with an idler gear 58 which is rotatably mounted on the lowerv countershaft 41. The tractor is constructed with the shiftable gear 53 and idler gear 58 installed therein as a part of its standard equipment. Formed in the side wall of the housing 24, below the countershaft 41, is a cylindrical hole 59 opening into the transmission compartment. When the tractor is sold without any power take-oil attachment thereon this hole is closed by the attachment of aremovable closure plate (not shown) to the outer side of the housing, which plate may be secured by the cap screws or studs 61 which later secure the power take-oil" device to the tractor. When one or both sections of the power take-ofi mechanism are to be installed, this closure plate is removed and the take-off device, indicated in its entirety at 62, is mounted in place by inserting a tubular boss portion 63 thereof into the hole 59. Said boss portion is formed as an integral extension or' an upper casing sectionfie in which part of the power take-oil mechanism is housed. in attaching flange 67 projects from the outer portion of the boss 63 and this flange is rigidly .secured to the main housing 24 by-the cap screws or studs 61 (Fig. 2). Such constitutes the entire operation of establishing the driving relation be: tween the motor driven parts of the tractor and the power take-oil device. The tubular boss has rotatably mounted therein a transverse shaft 68 onthe inner end of which a pinion 69 is keyed. This pinion is pushed into mesh with the idler gear 58 when the boss 63 is inserted into the hole 59.

locked against rotation therein bythe provision of threads on the bushing screwing into the threaded boss, a lock nut 72 screwing over the er end of the bushing and engaging nut passes freely through the hole 69. The shaft 68 is mounted in inner and outer roller bearings '73 supported in the bushing 71, said shaft, at its outer end, having a spiral bevel gear 76 mounted thereon in the casing section 64. The shaft 68, gears 69, 741, and bearings 73 come completely assembled in the boss 63 and casing section 64 and are mounted as a unit on the tractor. It will be noted that the lubricant from the transmission housing 24 can pass through the bearings '73 and around the gear 74 into the power take-off casing, thereby lubricating these bearings and the gearing and other operating parts in the power takeoif casing. A longitudinal rib 75 may be'formed in the bottom of the transmission housing to reenforce the same and to form an oil sump or receptacle in proximity to the end of the bearing I bushing '11.-

Referring to Figs. 4, 6 and 9, the gear 74 meshes with a similar spiral bevel gear 76 which is keyed to a shaft 7'1 extending longitudinally through the upper section 64 of the power take-off casing. The latter shaft is mounted in roller bearings 78, '18 at the rear and front ends of the casing section 64. Surrounding the shaft beyond these hearings are caps 79, 79' which are suitably bolted Mounted in the boss 63 V the end of the boss.

to the ends of the casing d have packing material engaging with the shaft for preventing the loss of lubricant, the removal of these caps permitting removal of the adjacent bearings 78, 78' through the openings closed by the caps.

The shaft 77 is adapted to transmit continuously rotating take-off power either to an implement disposed at the rear end of the tractor or to one disposed at the front end thereof. For effecting the driving connection, the rear end of said-shaft is provided with a plurality of splines 81 and the front end of said shaft is likewise provided with splines 82 (Fig. 2) It will be noted that the location of the power take-off unit 62 disposes the longitudinal axis of the shaft 77 in such relation that the shafting extensions leading rearwardly or forwardly therefrom clear the adjacent chain housing a: and the fly wheel 25 on the inner sides thereof.

The casing 64 with its longitudinal shaft 77 and transverse shaft 68 constitutes one section or unit of the power take-ofi mechanism which may be purchased and installed as such by the farmer. For example if his implement requirements are such that he only needs to transmit substantially continuous rotary take-0E power thereto he may install only this section having the power transmitting shaft element 77. .When thus mounted on the tractor the bottom of the casing section 64 is closed by a suitable cover plate (not shown) which is secured by cap screws 66 to a marginal flange 66' which extends outwardly from the bottom of the basing section 64. unit section, as installed, has, however, a wo' 83 formed on the shaft 77, so that at any future time the power liftsection of the mechanism be installed and operative connection it witediately established with this wo.

Such power lift section. comprises a' casing section 65 which is substituted for the closure plate which previously closed the bottom of the upper casing section 6%. Feed around the upper rgin of this lower casing section 65 is an attaching flange 65' which is secured to the flange 64' by the same cap screws 66.

Assembled as a completely operative unit within this lower casing section are a worm wheel, half-revolution clutch, power lift shaft driven thereby, and the clutch tripping mechanism, as we shall now describe. The worm 88 on the shaft 77 is adapted to mesh with a worm wheel 8% constituting part of the half revolution or one-cycle stop clutch indicated generally at 65. Theworm wheel constitutes the driving element of the clutch, the driven element thereof being in the form of a plate member 86 mounted coaxially of the worm wheel on the inner side thereof. As best shown in Figs. 8 and 10, both clutch elements are mounted on a shaft 87, the ends of which are supported in bearing bushings 88, 88' seated in outer and inner bosses 89, 89 projecting from the sides of the lower casing section 65. Thus the rotating assembly has bearving' support only in this lower section. The worm wheel 84 is freely rotatable on the shaft 8'1, a bushing 91 being interposed between the hub of said wheel and the shaft. The driven clutch element 86 has a laterally extending hub portion 92 which is secured to splines 93 on the inner portion of the shaft 87.. Mounted on the outer end'of said shaft is the crank 94 through which power lift movement and other intermittent operations are transmitted to the implement.

Referring to the detail construction of the clutch, and with particular reference to Figs. 4 7

to 8, inclusive, it will be seen that the depressed inner side of the worm wheel 84 is formed with a series of internal notches or recesses 96. Carried by the driven clutch element and adapted to engage in these recesses are two clutching rollers 97, 97. These rollers are mounted on pins 98, each of which is supported at opposite ends in a link 99 and in the corresponding one of a pair of clutch dogs 101, 101'.

As best shown in Fig. 8, the inner end of each link 99 is pivotally mounted at 102 on a boss 103 projecting laterally from a thickened portion 86 of the plate member 86. The clutch rollers are disposed on the inner sides of the links 99, and the roller pins 98 pass through arcuate slots 104 in said plate member to the opposite side thereof. The outer edges of the two links 99 are notched out adjacent to their respective rollers,

as indicated at 105, so as to permit the rollers to move outwardly into the bottoms of the recesses 96, the notches 105 clearing the raised portions between said recesses. On the other side of the plate member 86 the pins 98 are mounted in the swinging ends of the two clutch 6 dogs 101, 101'.

a 107 is normally to swing the outer end of the dog 101, and its associated clutching roller 97, outwardly into clutch engaging position. Both dogs are made to swing correspondingly through a connecting link 111 pivotally coupled by pins 112 to the outwardly extending portion of the dog 101 and to the inwardly extending portion of the other dog 101. The hub portion 92 of the plate member has an outwardly extending lug 113 which overlies the connecting link 111 and holds the same in operative position on its pivots 112.

By virtue of this link connection, the two dogs 101 and 101 both swing inwardly or outwardly concurrently. Formed in the periphery of the plate member 86 at diametrically opposite points thereof are notches 114, 114. The two pivoted dogs are provided with shoulder portions or noses 115, 115 which cooperate with these notches. The operation of the clutch is controlled by a clutch pawl 116, which is movable into and out of the notches 114. When said pawl is engaging in one of these notches, the driven element of the clutch is locked against rotation in either direction, the pawl at this time bearing against one of the shoulders 115 and holding the latter pressed back substantially flush with the rear edge of the notch. This holds the outer portions of thetwo dogs 101, 101 in retracted.

positions against the tension of the spring 107, thereby holding the two clutching rollers 97 out of the driving recesses 96. When the pawl 116 is swung out of the notch in which it is engaging, the outer portions of the two dogs are permitted to swing outwardly under the tension of the spring 107, thereby carrying the rollers 97 into engagement with diametrically opposite recesses 96 and causing the plate member 86 to rotate with the worm wheel 84. After the clutch has been tripped in this manner, the pawl 116 is allowed to return into engagement with the periphery of the plate member 86. In this position it is encountered by the nose 115 of the next succeeding dog when the clutch plate has rotated through a half revolution, the two dogs thereupon being swung inwardly to retract the rollers 97 from the recesses 96 and the nose of the pawl 116 dropping into the adjacent notch 114 for locking the driven clutch element against further rotation.

As shown in Fig. 8, the periphery of the plate member 86 may be formed with flattened or sloping surfaces 117 at the leading side of each notch 1141 to facilitate the engagement of the pawl 116 with the shoulders 115 and the movement of said pawl into the adjacent notch. It will be noted that the links 99 reenforce the pivotal mounting of the rollers 97, 97 through which the torque is transmitted from the driving to the driven clutch element.

The lower housing section 65 is formed with an extending portion 118 to receive the tripping pawl 116. This pawl is mounted on an operating shaft 119 having bearing support in the housing extension 118. A compression spring 121 is seated at one end in a socket 122 formed in said housing extension, and at its other end engages over a stud 123 projecting from the pawl 116, this spring normally tending to swing said pawl into one of the notches 11 1 for disengaging the clutch.

As shown in Fig. 11, the tripping shaft 119 is provided with a flattened inner portion to which the pawl 116 is secured by a pin 12 1. The outer end of said shaft is bent downwardly to form the operating arm 125 (Figs. 2 and 11), which is adapted to be coupled through any suitable actu ating connections with a clutch control member disposed in proximity to the operators seat 51.

The tripping of the clutch only requires a momentary actuation of this control member by the operator. Thereupon, the crank 94: revolves through a half revolution and comes to rest when the pawl 116 snaps back into the next succeeding notch 114., such automatically disengaging the clutch and locking the crank 94 in the opposite position.

It will be noted that the control parts for the half-revolution clutch are carried directly by the casing section 65 so that the entire construction can be mounted as a unit on the upper casing section. The power lift mechanism or other intermittently operated part of the implement can 1 be connected with this crank through a forwardly or rearwardly extending rod 127 or 128 (Fig. 1) which is either pushed or pulled in the lifting or other operating movement, the automatic locking characteristic of the clutch being of considerable advantage in connection with power lift operations for holding the implement in raised position. By arranging the worm wheel 84 and the clutch parts below and in the plane of the shaft 77, the assembly is made of small transverse dimension so that the operating rod extending to the crank 941 will clear the adjacent chain housing 47 and other proximate parts of the tractor. When using the forwardly extending rod 127, the latter is preferably bowed downwardly to clear the flywheel 25 in the throw of the crank. It will be understood that the clutch and crank can be disposed above the shaft 77, if desired. Obviously the two take-off power sections comprising the continuously rotating shaft element 77 and the intermittently operating crank element 9% can be secured and installed on the tractor at the same time. Continuously rotating power may be transmitted to the implement, and, at the same time, intermittently operating crank power can also be transmitted thereto, the engaging and releasing of the clutch 85 interfering in nowise with the transmission of power through the shaft 77. The operation of both power take-off connections is controlled by the sliiftable gear 53,

which is preferably moved into disengaged position when neither power take-off connection is to be used; and, the operation of both power take-off connections is also controlled by the main power transmission clutch 26.

Conventional operating connections leading from the shifting rod 56 and from the tripping lever 125 to the operators position on the tractor may be established by the farmer in installing the power-take-oif mechanism, such connections not being shown because they may be of any suitable type. Either throw of the crank 94 may be 'utilized in transmitting the actual lifting effort or other operating force, such also facilitating the establishment of operating connections to implements disposed either at the front or rear end of the tractor.

While we have shown what we regard to be the preferred embodiment of our invention, nevertheless it will be understood that such is merely exemplary and thatnumerous modifications and rearrangements may be made without departing from the essence of the-invention.

We claim:

1, The combination with a tractor including a motor, of a first power take-off unit comprising a casing having a power take-off shaft mounted therein, means for mounting said casing on the tractor, and means for operatively connecting said shaft with one of the motor driven parts of the tractor, of a second power take-off unit comprising a casing, a one-cycle-stop clutch in said casing, and a crank driven thereby, means for securing the casing of said second unit to the casing of said first unit, and means for transmitting motor power through the casing of said first unit to said clutch.

2. The combination with a tractor including a motor, of a first power take-off unit comprising a driving shaft element for transmitting rotary take-off power to an implement, a second power take-off unit comprising a driving crank element for transmitting oscillatory take-off power to an implement, means for mounting one of said units on the tractor and establishing operative relation between its driving element and the motor, and means for mounting the other of said units on the above mentioned unit and establishing operative relation between the two driving elements of both units. 3. The combination with a tractor including a motor, of power take-off mechanism comprising a first unit having a shaft for transmitting rotary take-off power to an implement, a second unit having a crank for transmitting intermittent take-off power to an implement, means for mounting one of said units on the tractor in power transmitting relation, such unit being capable of operation when mounted on the tractor alone, and means for mounting the other unit on the tractor in cooperative driving relation to the unit above mentioned.

4. The combination with a tractor comprising a motor, of power take-oil mechanism on the tractor comprising a shaft for transmitting rotary movement to implement parts associated with the tractor, a housing enclosing said shaft detachably connected with the tractor, a crank for transmitting oscillatory movement to other implement parts, clutch mechanism for controlling the transmission of take-off power through said crank and operatively driven from said shaft, and a second housing supporting said crank and clutch mechanism and detachably connected with said first housing.

5. The combination with a tractor comprising a motor, driving wheels, power transmission mechanism between said motor and said wheels, and a housing enclosing said power transmission mechanism, of a power take-off mechanism comprising a shaft driven from said motor and journaled in said housing and extending laterally therefrom, means for controlling the driving of said shaft from said motor, a half-revolution clutch mechanism driven from said shaft and including interengaging driving and driven elements and a housing therefor detachably connected with said first mentioned housing, and crank means supported for rotation in said detachable housing and driven from the driven element of saidhalf-revolution clutch mechanism.

THEOPHILUS BROWN. LINWOOD A. MURRAY. 

